May 16, 2025 - SANTA ROSA, CA — The Board of Directors for the Sonoma County Water Agency, also known as Sonoma Water, on Tuesday approved sewer service rate increases and continued support for low-income customers for the 2025-26 fiscal year.The board also amended a proposal to raise capacity charges, choosing instead to keep them at current levels. Capacity charges are typically applied to new …

April 22, 2025 - En español abajo - SANTA ROSA, CA. –– The Sonoma County Water Agency (Sonoma Water) Board of Directors on Tuesday approved a wholesale water rate adjustment for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to address aging infrastructure, rising operational costs and the need for continued investment in water system reliability.The new rates will result in an increase of 8.68 percent for Santa Rosa…

March 13, 2025 - En español abajo - SANTA ROSA, CA –– The Sonoma County Water Agency (Sonoma Water) Board of Directors voted on Tuesday to award a contract to TerraCon Constructors, Inc. for $4.8 million for the activation of the Occidental Road Well, part of the Santa Rosa Plain Water Supply Resiliency Project. This construction project will strengthen water supply reliability for the region, pa…

Nov. 18, 2024 - En español abajo -  SANTA ROSA, CA – In anticipation of a series of storms arriving in the next week and elevated river flows, the Sonoma County Water Agency (Sonoma Water) will begin the process of lowering its rubber dam located in the Russian River near Forestville on Tuesday, Nov. 19. Sonoma Water routinely lowers the rubber dam when Russian River flow forecasts show the river…

Oct. 22, 2024 - En español abajo - SANTA ROSA, CA - Sonoma Water has announced plans to update its climate change models for the Russian River watershed using the latest available data. The agency will partner with Flint HydroScience, LLC to incorporate new climate projections into its Basin Characterization Model, which is used to estimate stream flows and analyze potential impacts to water supp…

Sept. 30, 2024 - SANTA ROSA, CA – The Sonoma County Water Agency’s watercraft inspection program at Lake Mendocino will continue for another two years, thanks to $400,000 in state grant funding that went into effect on Sept. 16. The California State Parks Division of Boating and Waterways grant will fund the program to keep invasive quagga and zebra mussels from being introduced to Lake Mendocino…

Sept. 26, 2024 - SANTA ROSA, CA - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today recognized the Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership with two WaterSense Sustained Excellence awards – one as a Promotional Partner and one for the partnership’s Qualified Water Efficient Landscaper program as a Professional Certifying Organization. WaterSense honored its Sustained Excellence, Partner of the Ye…

Sept. 17, 2024 - SANTA ROSA, CA - The Sonoma County Water Agency (Sonoma Water) Board of Directors on Tuesday approved an updated Local Hazard Mitigation Plan, reinforcing the agency's commitment to disaster preparedness and infrastructure resilience and clearing the way to obtain Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) hazard mitigation funds. The plan, which is updated every five years, revi…

Sept. 5, 2024 - En español abajo - SANTA ROSA, CA - The application period for a small grant program designed for educators is now open at the Sonoma County Water Agency (Sonoma Water). Teachers in Sonoma and Mendocino counties and the City of Novato may apply for “A Call to Action” grants from Sonoma Water’s Water and Energy Education Program in partnership with Sonoma Clean Power. The program i…

June 27, 2024 - WINDSOR, CA – The Sonoma Water Board of Directors on June 4 voted unanimously to approve an operational agreement between the Windsor Water District and Sonoma Water for wastewater collection and treatment of Sonoma Water’s Airport-Larkfield-Wikiup Sanitation Zone. Director James Gore acknowledged the unprecedented collaboration at the meeting. “Recycled water is an increasingly i…